Health Saboteurs And How To Overcome Them

Feel like you’ve fallen off the health wagon one too many times? Don’t hang up those reins just yet! We spoke to former Winter Olympic snowboarder and health and wellbeing golden girl, Steph Prem, and have your (health) ticket to ride! The elite athlete has taken on the world’s best snowboarders and has overcome a…

ByFranki Hobson30/10/20150Comments

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How Liz Hurley Got Her Hot Bikini Body at 50

Shane Warne’s ageless ex flaunted her smoking bikini bod with a series of jaw-dropping Instagram pics while on a tropical island break with her son Damien Charles, 13. The incredibly-toned English actress, who celebrated her 50th in June, modelled a skimpy yellow bikini from her own collection, which had a gold chain detail on the briefs. It…

ByThe Carousel28/10/20150Comments

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How The Bachelor Can Help You Lose 6kg In 28 Days!

The brainchild behind Australia’s first kids’ gym Gecko Sports , Sam has just launched a new Melbourne-based training facility and early next year a fitness app that aims for results in just 28 days. Here he gives The Carousel readers an exclusive insight to what makes him tick and how his fitness programs are changing…

ByThe Carousel21/10/20150Comments

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Brain Fitness: 5 Ways To Shape Up Your Brain

Brain fitness is about having a fit and healthy brain that allows us to perform at our very best, in all circumstances, according to Dr. Jenny Brockis, who specialises in the science of high performance thinking. “Life is getting busier, faster and more complex,” she says. “Staying at the top of our game requires a high…

ByFranki Hobson16/10/20150Comments

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9 Fitness Trends That Will Shock You

And when it comes to a daily dose of activity, men are creatures of habit opting for more traditional sport such as footy, cycling and squash while women are more open to new fitness trends. 9 Fitness Trends That Will Shock You Here are nine fitness trends and facts from data collected by Fitbit tapping into…

ByVictoria Webster17/09/20150Comments

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Learn How To Train For An Endurance Race

Put Together A Timeline The most important part about preparing and training for an endurance race is having a timeline to work off with different goals set in place. If you are looking at doing a big, long distance run, you can’t just go out a run 5km each week and expect to get over the…

ByIantha Yu03/08/20150Comments

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Dry July: Here’s How To Nail No-Drinking

The amount of calories in alcoholic drinks consumed by Aussie’s each month equates to enough fat to fill three Olympic size swimming pools The average Aussie drinker enjoys 10.5 standard drinks per week = 4,143 calories consumed per month = half a kilo of fat Aussie drinkers suffer hangovers once a month, lasting 8+ hours…

ByThe Carousel24/06/20150Comments

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Five Top Yoga Experiences Around The World

The number of Australians practicing yoga has risen dramatically. This hobby also has an influence over holiday destination choices with yoga enthusiasts more likely to visit destinations not favoured by the general population (for example, Aussies who practice yoga are 140 per cent more likely to visit India than non-yoga fans), according to Roy Morgan.…

ByThe Carousel20/06/20150Comments

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Leading IronWoman Jordan Mercer Reveals Her Gruelling Training Program

At 22 years of age, Jordan has already landed a fourth title at the ISA World Paddleboard and StandUp Paddleboard Championships in Brazil, along with four world titles at the Molokai 2 Oahu 55km paddleboard championships, and is gearing up to defend this for the fifth time in August this year. In short, she’s incredibly…

ByIantha Yu19/06/20150Comments

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Top 10 Health & Fitness Chicks In Your Social Feeds Right Now

Their toned and terrific bodies fill our Instagram feeds with a mixture of daily inspiration and envy. Their super-nutritious, colourful recipes and daily food porn gets our tastebuds dancing (and our chocolate-craving in check) and their strength and fitness moves get our butts off the couch and into a deep lunge. They're the newly crowned…

ByYvette Le Grew04/06/20150Comments